Okay, my gym is awesome.Like I've told before, weightlifters train at the same place. So there's lots of BB's, platforms and plates. That's cool. But NOW, they installed a camera that records certain parts of the platform non-stop, and in the corner is a TV where the recording is shown in like 5-10s delay. The TV is very visible almost everywhere on the platform, and there's two squat racks and two big platforms that reach the cameras range. So yeah. I was just checking my Front Squat form from a big TV right after I did the rep.

The good news is that there is a great little gym close to my house. Day rate is $5. It's run by a young couple. They are both trainers, and have their little boy running around the place. The guy is a competitive strong man. They have Atlas stones, several different kinds of farmer's walk apparatus, several sizes of tires, sledge hammer, a Prowler, and on and on! The owners are quite friendly (which, of course, they should be) but other people were friendly as well. Chalk is openly used!

The bad news is that I didn't discover it sooner--they have been in business in different locations in the area for several years. There is further bad news--I'm going to be really sore tomorrow, after doing 2 exercises that were brand new to me or that I haven't done for a long time.

_________________Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

My gym has 7 barbell benches (3 flat, 2 incline, 1 decline and 1 shoulder press) and 4 racks, but only 8 Olympic barbells. Worse still, over half of the barbells are either bent or worn out/falling apart. When I asked the young woman at the desk about the possibility of them getting some new barbells, she said it may be a while, since they have machines that need repairs. They're also getting a new cable station.

A little more about the new gym. When my son and I were working out the other evening there was a kid hanging around, I guess he was lifting, but I didn't pay attention. There was a bigger guy lifting without a shirt who was pretty impressive, so I didn't pay any attention to the kid. Turns out it was this kid. He's the nephew of the owner of the gym.

_________________Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

_________________Stu Ward_________________Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.~HippocratesStrength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley_________________Thanks TimD

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